south korea, japan and taiwan lost a percent. and taking a look at where the markets will start. the markets were all up yesterday. they have been upmost of the week because of optimism about avoiding the fiscal cliff but because the gop plan b fell apart yesterday. the markets are all down significantically right now. the futures are all down. the dow is down 164. the futures are at the moment. we'll keep an eye on this. the markets open in over an hour. a record number of americans spent time ordering holiday gifts from online stores which offered free shipping for packages to arrive before christmas. but now many of those packages may not make it to their destinations by christmas because of the bad weather we just had in the midwest. ups expected to deliver $28 million packages yesterday. which is twice as many as on a normal day. storms shut down service in parts of iowa and nebraska and some packages had to be diverted. taking them longer to reach their final destination. so yeah. hopefully you will get your packages on time. >>> marijuana a major focus in federal court. th